MUNUC 2024
Model United Nations of the University of Chicago
Experience one of the world's largest high school conferences in the heart of Chicago.
Registration for MUNUC 36 is open now until October 13, 2023. Fill out this form to register your delegation!
Model United Nations of the University of Chicago (MUNUC) is a four-day academic conference that provides high-school students from around the world with the opportunity to meaningfully engage with contemporary world issues, polish public speaking and communication skills, and become more confident and articulate global citizens, under the mentorship of thoroughly trained and deeply passionate University of Chicago undergraduates.
Featuring 30 committees this winter, delegates will have the opportunity to explore every style of MUN and cover a wide variety of topics. MUNUC 36 will also host training workshops to teach essential skills for traditional and crisis formats, emphasizing our focus on learning over competition.
Whether this is your school's first or thirty-sixth MUNUC, we aim to make Model UN accessible to delegates of all backgrounds. Please find additional information on financial aid, fees, and registration by visiting our website at munuc.org.
Committees
Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee (SOCHUM)
Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC)
Ad Hoc Committee of the Secretary-General (AD HOC)
Economic and Financial Committee (ECOFIN)
Legal Committee (LEGAL)
Special Political and Decolonization Committee (SPECPOL)
Special Meeting on Global Events (SMGE)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
European Commission (EU)
European Railway Agency, 2006 (ERA)
United States Senate, 1985 (SENATE)
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
International Court of Justice, 1948 (ICJ)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
National Aeronautics and Space Council: The Race to Space, 1958 (NASC)
JCC Bakumatsu Japan, 1860: The Rōjū Government (SHOGUN)
JCC Bakumatsu Japan, 1860: The Daijō-kan Government (MEIJI)
Las Cortes Constituyentes: The End of Francoism, 1977 (SPAIN)
United Nations Security Council: The Suez Crisis, 1956 (UNSC)
From Belgium with Love: La Dame Blanche, 1918 (BELGIUM)
The Golden Age of Florence: Cabinet of Lorenzo de Medici, 1470 (MEDICI)
It Was in the Will: The Biltmore Estate, 1914 (BILTMORE)
Diamonds are Forever: Cabinet of Sir Seretse Khama, 1967 (BOTSWANA)
Life Finds a Way: California Department of Fish and Wildlife, 2023 (CDFW)
Description
The Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee (SOCHUM) is the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. This committee is tasked with looking at issues relating to social and humanita...
Read all
Description
The Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC) is the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. The committee concerns itself with questions of international importance reg...
Read all
Description
Top of the morning to all delegates or otherwise reading this page! We are verY excited to bring yOu MUNUC’s Ad Hoc Committee of the Secretary-General! While we can not reveal the topic of the committ...
Read all
Description
The Economic and Financial Committee (ECOFIN), is the Second Committee of the UN General Assembly focused on economic and financial issues. In this committee, delegates will be focused on discussing t...
Read all
Description
The Legal Committee (LEGAL) of the United Nations is the sixth committee of the United Nations General Assembly, and is responsible for the promotion of the progressive development of international la...
Read all
Description
The Special Political and Decolonization Committee (SPECPOL) is the fourth committee of the United Nations General Assembly. It is intended to tackle issues that pertain to decolonization and related ...
Read all
Description
Only the most momentous of global events have necessitated a UN Special Meeting. Special Meetings are held when member states have called for immediate action, debate, and global cooperation. This spe...
Read all
Description
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is an intergovernmental agency of the United Nations that is responsible for the protection and assistance of refugees and displaced persons i...
Read all
Description
The Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) creates policies for the United Nations with regards to international initiatives that aim to combat both intra-national and internation...
Read all
Description
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) supports developing countries by helping them achieve the advantages and securities of the globalized economy in an equitable and produc...
Read all
Description
From musical and greater artistic expression to the recovery and preservation of cultural artifacts, this iteration of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) wi...
Read all
Description
Why do oil companies make so much money? They know how to pump up their profits! The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC) controls approximately four-fifths of the world’s entire cr...
Read all
Description
The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) is a regional bloc of Latin American and Caribbean states created on December 3, 2011, in Caracas, Venezuela. As an intergovernmental organ...
Read all
Description
The North American Treaty Organization (NATO) is a strategic security alliance of 30 nations from North America and Europe. NATO’s primary mandates are to protect the security and freedom of Allied st...
Read all
Description
The European Commission (EC) is the Executive body of the European Union. Containing 27 member countries and the President, the committee promotes the general interest of the EU by proposing and enfor...
Read all
Description
The European Railway Agency was created in 2004 as a part of the European Union’s second railway act with a mission of growing rail transport to strengthen connections between her member states. By 20...
Read all
Description
In this committee, delegates will enter the heart of US democracy during the Ronald Reagan administration by simulating the day to day financial concerns that underlie US governmental policy. 1985 was...
Read all
Description
“The most powerful tool we have as a society is communication. Without it, we are nothing.” – Lee Iacocca Bird noise, blue checkmarks, chat bubbles and more are things that we have come to commonly ...
Read all
Description
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. The ICJ was established in 1945 by the UN Charter and began work in 1946 as the successor to the Perm...
Read all
Description
Founded in 1948, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is a specialized agency with 175 member states tasked with protecting international shipping, maritime security, and environmental preser...
Read all
Description
By the end of World War II, two global superpowers emerged ready to expand their influence throughout the world–the United States and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The US and the USSR recognize...
Read all
Description
An increasing presence of Western powers reaches a breaking point for Japan with the incursion of Commodore Matthew Perry’s ships in Japanese waters in 1853. After roughly two and a half centuries of ...
Read all
Description
An increasing presence of Western powers reaches a breaking point for Japan with the incursion of Commodore Matthew Perry’s ships in Japanese waters in 1853. After roughly two and a half centuries of ...
Read all
Description
To say that the past century has been a tumultuous one for Spain would be something of an understatement. After a brief and chaotic twenty-three-month-long period as a Republic in the 1870s, the Bourb...
Read all
Description
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC)—perhaps more than any of the United Nations’ various other organs—can stake a reasonable claim to being one of the world’s single most powerful institutions....
Read all
Description
The year is 1918. The Western Front of the first World War has been stalemated for three long years, with both sides sustaining heavy casualties but neither making any significant territorial gain. Ge...
Read all
Description
Originally consolidated under Cosimo de Medici in 1434, the House of Medici is an established political entity and banking family in the Republic of Florence, a vital political, economic, and cultural...
Read all
Description
Established by George W. Vanderbilt III, the Biltmore Estate (the largest privately owned house in the United States), spread its roots in the surrounding community. With the nearby Biltmore village s...
Read all
Description
The year is 1967 and the Bechuanaland Protectorate has become the independent Republic of Botswana. This new nation, led by Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, is one of limited resources and popula...
Read all
Description
Responsible for the most biodiverse state in the country, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has its hands full fighting against the threats of endangerment and extinction on all ends. 202...
Read all
Topics
Access to Women's Healthcare
Mass Incarceration
Topics
Weapons of Mass Destruction
State-Sponsored Violence
Topic
AD HOC
Topic
Empowering Women through New Forms of Finance
Topics
The International Adoption System
Data Privacy Laws
Topics
The Use of Private Military Companies
Non-Self-Governing Territories
Topic
Guidance on Global Assemblies and Events
Topics
Citizenship for Stateless Peoples
The Role of Technology in Assisting Refugees
Topics
Restorative Justice and Reducing Recidivism
International Criminal Tribunals and Accountability
Topics
Economic Development of Indigenous Communities
Healthcare Supply Chains
Topics
Corporatization of Music
Trafficking of Cultural Objects
Topics
Impacts of Energy Transitions on OPEC
Response to Global Supply Chain Disruptions
Topics
Environmental Diversity and Conservation
Closing the Income Distribution Gap
Topics
Intelligence Sharing Among Member States
Addressing the Migrant Crisis in the Aegean Sea
Topics
The Future of the European Commission After Brexit, 2020
The Greek Debt Crisis, 2009
Topics
Enhancing Inter-EU Connectivity through Railways
Standardizing Private Operations on Railways
Topics
Future Technological Investment for National Security
Trade Policy and Protectionism
Topics
Expanding Broadband Access for Underserved Communities
Ensuring Consumer Protection Against False Advertising
Topics
Conditions of Admission of a State to Membership in the United Nations (Article 4 of the Charter)
Asylum (Colombia v. Peru)
Topics
Strengthening International Cooperation in Combating Piracy
Regulating Fishing and Whaling
Topic
Hybrid
Topic
Hybrid
Topic
Hybrid
Topic
Hybrid
Topic
Hybrid
Topic
Crisis
Topic
Crisis
Topic
Crisis
Topic
Crisis
Topic
Crisis
